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Marissa Evans

Marissa Evans

Texas Tribune

Marissa Evans reports on health and human service policy issues for the Tribune and has been in Austin since October 2016.

Health & Wellness

Texas Has the Highest Number of Uninsured Kids in the U.S., Report Finds

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | November 29, 2018

A report released Thursday found that Texas had about 835,000 uninsured children in 2017, an increase of 83,000 kids from the previous year.

Gov & Politics

State Cancels Health Contracts With Anti-Abortion Heidi Group

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | October 13, 2018

Health agency is demanding that the group, which faces an investigation over questionable billing, pay back $29,431 in costs the state incurred.

Health & Wellness
Employers will now be exempt from the federal requirement to provide insurance coverage for contraception in their health insurance plans if it conflicts with their sincerely held religious or moral beliefs.

Report: Heidi Group Still Failing to Serve Target Number of Patients for Reproductive Health

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | September 27, 2018

The anti-abortion group served more than 3,300 clients, far less than the nearly 70,000 people the organization projected when it won state contracts.

Gov & Politics

Judge Strikes Down Texas Law Requiring Burial or Cremation of Fetal Remains

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | September 5, 2018

The ruling comes after a trial in July at which patients, health providers, state agency officials, bioethicists, cemetery directors, and religious leaders testified.

Health & Wellness

Report: Texas’ Maternal Deaths Were Dramatically Lower in 2012 Under New Methodology

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | April 10, 2018

The number of Texas women who died from pregnancy complications in 2012 is being cut by more than half through a new state method.

Gov & Politics

Wave of Women Crashes Texas Primaries

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | March 8, 2018

A wave of Texas women candidates won or made it to the runoffs in more than 50 primary races statewide.

Gov & Politics
Blood is collection in a test paid for by Geekdom Co-Founder Graham Weston for fasting glucose, fasting insulin, an average glucose over 3 months (HbA1c), and a lipid panel in the Duck Hunt Conference Room at Geekdom.

Texas to Receive $135M to Keep CHIP Alive Through February

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | December 15, 2017

The Trump administration is guaranteeing Texas $135 million to continue helping more than 450,000 uninsured children and pregnant women if Congress doesn’t renew authorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Gov & Politics

Abbott Signs Bills Aimed at Addressing Crisis in Child Welfare System

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | May 31, 2017

Two days after the end of the legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott held a public ceremony to sign four major child welfare bills into law.

Gov & Politics

Texas House, Senate Unanimously Pass Measures Overhauling Child Welfare System

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | March 1, 2017

After months of calls from advocates, both chambers unanimously passed bills on Wednesday that would change how the DFPS cares for vulnerable children.

Gov & Politics

At State Agencies Without a Public Crisis, Workers Fear They Won’t See Raises

By Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune | February 4, 2017

The struggle is real for Yolanda White.She prays every day her car makes it to her job at Lufkin State Supported Living Center.

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